Altitude Sickness in Climbers and Efficacy of NSAIDs Trial (ASCENT): Randomized, Controlled Trial of Ibuprofen Versus Placebo for Prevention of Altitude.

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Altitude Sickness in Climbers and Efficacy of NSAIDs Trial (ASCENT): Randomized, Controlled Trial of Ibuprofen Versus Placebo for Prevention of Altitude Illness Jeffrey H. Gertsch, MD, Bryan Corbett, MD, Peter S. Holck, PhD, Allison Mulcahy, MD, Melanie Watts, MD, Nathan Thomas Stillwagon, MD, Amanda Morgan Casto, MD, Charles Hessel Abramson, MD, Charles Peter Aloysius Vaughan, MD, Christopher Macguire, MD, Neda Nicole Farzan, MD, Baotran Nguyen Vo, MD, Rebecca Jean Norvelle, MD, Kerstin May, MD, Jessica Elizabeth Holly, MD, Hillary Irons, MD, Aaron Michael Stutz, MD, Pradip Chapagain, MD, Siddhartha Yadav, MD, Matiram Pun, MD, Jeremy Farrar, BSc, MBBS, FRCP, DPhil, OBE, Buddha Basnyat, MD, MSc, FRCP(E) Wilderness & Environmental Medicine Volume 23, Issue 4, Pages 307-315 (December 2012) DOI: 10.1016/j.wem.2012.08.001 Copyright © 2012 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions

Figure Participant flow diagram. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine 2012 23, 307-315DOI: (10.1016/j.wem.2012.08.001) Copyright © 2012 Wilderness Medical Society Terms and Conditions